Necktie



Mar. 13, 1923.

J. E. LANGSDORF NECKTI'E j led June .'50, 1922 wom/Hoz Lil( l Patented Mar. 13, i923..

JESSE E. LANGSDOREOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE. I

Application led June 30, 1922. SerialNo. 571,903.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that LJEssE E. LANGsDoRF,

a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York,` in the county of New York 5 and State of New York, have invente-d certain new and usefulr Improvements in Neckties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others 10 skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. y

This invention relates to improvements in neckties and particularly to those of the four-inhand type.

It is well known that when a tieis placed between the folds of'a collar and the latter is buttoned to the neck band of the shirt, it is. frequently necessary prior to and during the tying operation that the tie must be adjusted lengthwise in order to insure a desirable knot and to cause the tie ends to be of proper relative lengths. It has been found that the folds of the collar will tend toconline the neck portion of the tie tightly be- V tween them` so that the tie must be subjected to considerable pulling strain before it can be moved. This tends to distort the tie and break the stitching which unites its folds and retains the linin in place. In many instances, the materlal of which body portions of neckties of the four-in-hand type are made, is of a more or less elastic character and in an effort to relieve the same from being stretched. inelastic linings have been employed and stitched to the folded portions of the tie, particularly throughout the neck portion thereof which passes between the folds of the collar. While such inelastic lining members have served to relieve, to some extent, the stretching of the elastic body material, still it hasbeen found that with such construction, the unequal stress upon the elastic body of the tie and the elastic lining stitched thereto, havecaused the stitching to break or become strained and the tie to be distorted, thus rendering .it unfit -for further use.

One object of my present invention. is to overcome the difficulties above mentioned, and-to provide improved lining means fora necktie which sli-all'lbe sufficiently elastic or resilient in character and stitched to the body material that breaking of the stitching or distortion of the tie when subjected to pulling strain will be prevented, and atvthe same pulling strain is removed, andl which will operate normallyr., to prevent slipping of the 65 Atie between the folds of a collar and thus avoid accidental displacement of the tie knot'. IVith these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel 'features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafterset forth and pointed out in the claims. j In the accompanying drawings ,wFi'gure 1 1s a view of a tie showing an embodiment of my invention, and Figure 2 is a separate view 75 of the lining means.

The body material of the' tie may be made of any suitable material,-such las silk, for example,-and the material will preferably be cut on the bias so that the body of the tie 80 will be more or less elastic in character. The body of the tie may comprise a narrow neck portion 1 and gradually widening tying ends 2 and the material is so formed as to providev folds 3 forming the inner face of the tie. 85 Ihe folds 3 are united by loose stitching indicated at4 and the end. portions of the thread are left free near respective ends of( the tie and knotted as at 6.

The loose stitching 4 which unites the folds 3, also holds in place, lining means comprising two members 7 and-8, one overlying the other. These lining members may both be made of the same character of material andthe material employed is such as shall have a limited elastic or resilient quality such, for example, as woven fabric cut on 'the bias. The resilient lining members 7 and 8 may be equal in width throu hout that portion of the tie which lies` `e 100 tween the back portions of the folds of the collar, and those portions of' the lining member 7 which occupies Lthe tying ends of the tie' are so formed as to provide com- A paratively wide ends 9, while respective end 106 portions of the. lining member 8 may be tapering as indicated at 10 and underlie. the gradually widening'portions of the member The two resilient lining members may be 11,0

been discontinued.

same time, it will not be sufficiently more elastic than the elasticity of the body material as to cause breaking of the stitching, but said lining will suiiice to relieve the body material from excessive stress or strain when the tie is subjected to great pulling force. llt will be observed also that when the tie is stretched, the loose stitching will slip and this will assist in avoiding breaking of the thread. Furthermore, by forming the intermediate portion of the elastic or resilient lining means of double thickness of material, the tie will be normally held firmly between the folds of the collar and thus accidental slipping or displacement' of the tie knot will be prevented.

With my improvements, distorting of the tie will be prevented as the stitching will not be broken or strained when the tie is pulled and las the body material and also the lining will return to the normal positions as soon as the pulling strain shall have Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

l.-A neck-tie, comprising a body portion and lining means, the latter comprising overlying members of material having limited resilient quality and loosely stitched to the lot resilient material and resilient lining means loosely stitched thereto, said lining means comprising two res111ent members, one

overlying the other, one of said members having portions gradually widening from the central toward the ,end portions and the other lining member havingtapering end portions, the intermediate overlying portions of the two lining members being substantially of equal widths.

' ln testimony whereof, l have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JESSE E. LANGSDORF. Witnesses:

HAROLD E. FRAMPTON,

EDWARD Gr. MCELDUFF. 

